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Afghanistan: President Ghani offers Taliban 3-month conditional ceasefire

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban to begin on Eid al-Adha

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Does the murder of 3 journalists in Central African Republic expose Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ strategy?

The murky murder of three journalists in Central African Republic highlights Russia’s ‘raid, seize and exploit’ armed adventurism, Kiril Avramov and Ruslan Trad argue

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Australia signs €2 billion contract with Rheinmetall for 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles

Germany's Rheinmetall announced that it secured a €2.1 billion (Au$3.3 billion) contract to supply Australia with 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles

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UK Chinook helicopters in Mali ‘fully operational’

Three RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopters are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali, the UK Ministry of Defence said

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The wiretapping that changed the Cold War

God and Spies author and former US Navy diver G.M. Matheny talks to Sonya Swink about Ivy Bells, the operation to intercept Soviet naval communications

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Gunmen attack Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul

Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training center in Kabul, officials said, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary city

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PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike

Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali

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Students killed in suicide bombing at Kabul education center

Dozens of people were killed when an explosion at an education center rocked a minority Shiite area of western Kabul

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Taliban kill dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks

Taliban insurgents killed dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks in Baghlan and Zabul provinces, bringing the number killed in the past week to well over 200

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Lockheed awarded $480 million more for hypersonic missile development

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $480 million contract to develop a new hypersonic missile for the US Air Force, the Department of Defense said

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